How to grow lemongrass
Poaceae, easy to grow
Fragrant stems for cooking; grow in a pot and overwinter indoors.
Growing lemongrass for the first time
Difficulty: Easy · Sun: full sun · Ready in: about 100 days
1. Choose the spot
Pick a sunny spot (6+ hours of sun). It does best in loam, sandy soil with a pH of 6.0–7.5. Avoid clay soil, or improve it with compost.
2. Sow or plant
Start indoors or under cover in Mar, Apr. Space plants about 60 cm apart.
3. Look after it
- Water roughly every 3 days, more in hot or dry weather. Water the soil, not the leaves.
- Feed every 21 days once it is growing strongly.
- Keep weeds down, and add a daily note and photo to your BeAgric grow diary so you can spot problems early.
4. Watch for problems
Common problems: Rust. Take a photo with Check a plant if leaves look spotted, yellow or wilted.
5. Organic tip
Root supermarket stems in water, then pot them up.
6. Harvest
Expect your first harvest about 100 days after planting. Record it in Harvests and list any spare on the marketplace.
Growing it organically
Root supermarket stems in water, then pot them up.
Common problems
- Rust
Spotted something? Check a photo of the leaf.